What I’ve learnt: Guy Pearce

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The actor on sex with Kate Winslet, why Hollywood’s not for him and the legacy of a certain Australian soap opera

Since starring as Mike Young in Neighbours, Guy Pearce, 43, has
become a Hollywood A-lister, with films such as The Adventures of
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, L.A. Confidential, Memento
and The King’s Speech. He lives in Melbourne with his wife,
Kate Mestitz, a psychologist.

Kate Winslet makes sex scenes fun. She’s done plenty of them. For me,
it was going home to my wife after the scenes [in Mildred Pierce]
that was the tricky bit. She was all right with it, though; she said if it
had to be anybody, she was glad it was Kate Winslet.